The DCCC is targeting these members for "doing nothing to help hardworking middle class Americans who are paying more than $4.00 per gallon at the pump," according to Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), the DCCC chairman.

"You would have to hire an impersonator to spew out the hypocrisies in this ad since nobody could probably do it with a straight face," National Republican Congressional Committee press secretary Ken Spain said in reply. The NRCC notes that more than 70 Democratic members of Congress -- including Barack Obama -- voted for the same legislation the Democrats criticize in the ads.